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Foreign Intelligence.
French Grand Army Bui.le
TINS.
Note— The Bulletin
which was received on Satur
day (alt from Marblehead, and
(rather inaccurately) tranfiated
at Salem, w?s the 47th and not
the 45th. The 45th was dated
at Poluk; , Dec. 27, the 46th
at Golymin, December 28th.
These Bulletins give very an d
tailed accounts of the affairs
at Czansowo, Nafwlk, Stc.
_ I
Bulletin, No. 48, is dated !
War Jaw, Jan. 3, 1807
It dates rhat General Corbi
neau had followed the Ruffians
from Pubufk. had reached ()!
troveil the 1(t January, and
had picked up 400 Ruffian sol
dier--, levelal olfi eri, and ma
ny baggage wagons. 1 hat
Marfhais Soult, Ney, Prince©!’
Pon e Cotvo (Bernadone,) j
and ik flieres, were cantoned
on the little uver Orcye. Dt
votift a:,d Lannes at Puitufk.
That the Ruffians continued
to retreat ; and the Emperor
came back to War law the 2d.
Thai Prince Jerome had laid
Breflau in allies, but the gam
fon had not liirrendered; that
a PrufTian corps of 3000 at
tempted to raise the beg-', but
weie defeated by Gen Mont
brun, with a body ol vViitem
bergers and Bavarians, with
the loss of 400 men,6oo hot fes,
and a convoy of provtfions.
It contains no other military
operations.
Bulletin, N'>. 49, is dated
Warsaw, Jan 8, 1807.
It (fates, that Brellau had
capitulated, and Prince Je
rome entered the place, and
was goinp *0 beliege Brieg.
Scbweidne:z unu Haiti : I has
General Victor had matched
to Colberg and Damzlc : That
General de Z llf row bad been
appoint-d Prufftan mnnlier lot
foreign alf its : I hat the
French cava'rv were not lat
from Komngtberg —and that
the Ruffian army wascontimi
ing its movements towards
Grodno.
Bulletin, No 50, is dated
Warsaw, Jan. 13, lso7.
It mentions that the troops
found fcveral Ruffians lick at
Oftrolcnka ; and that the til
nels in the Ruffian camp iiv
creased daily ; and that the
garrifonof Breflau (5500 men)
had defiled before Prince Je
rome. A detailed account is
given cf the affair between the
Pruflian corps and that of the
Wirtvmbcrgers and Bavarians,
mentioned in the 49th Bade
tin : The rell of the bul etin
relates to the progrel's cl the
Ruffians in Turkey; the pre
parations making in Turkey
to refill the of the
Ruffians; and that Aultria ami
France are equally imerefkd
(as well as England) in not
feeing Moldavia, Wallachia,
Servta, Greece, Romelia, ano
Natofio, become the tport of
the Mufcovires.
Bulletin, No. .5 1 , is dated
Warsaw, Jun. 14. 1807
It notices the o Hick* I dis
patch of Gfcn. Bennmglen to
the King of Ptuflia : which it
fays was received with gieat
jov ; but w n ci> j■y, n die re
ceipt of our accounts,
turned into grief: and the con
fequenr.e of the latter was tne
determination to evacuate Ko
ningfberg. 1 hat all the Pruflian
loiccs then did not ex-, eed thi r
ty two theufand ; foine of
which were with the king, others
in various garrisons in Prufifia
anti Si'efia. In the Ruffian
official account, it dates, that
Buxhonden was not at Ma
kow—(Bcnningfen did not fay
he was) but at Golymin, where
he was beaters :
ningfen to fhevv a lingle piece
of French cannon taken, a
(ingle dandard, or more than
12 or 15 dragglers taken;
while the French can (how
6GOO prisoners, two flandatds,
winch he left a’ Puitufk, and
3000 wounded, whom he a
bandot/ed in his flight. Ihe
bulletin admits the French
took care not to pu'fue him ;
denies, that the Grand Duke
of Berg or Davouff wasoppof
ed to him ; and concludes with
a number of retnaks on the ef
fect of lueli ridiculous relati
ons.
Bulletin, No. 52, is dated
Warsaw, Jan. 19, 1807.
And gives an account of the
operations of Maifhal Mortier
in Prufha proper; and of an
affair between a detachment
from the Prufftan gat tiffin in
Colberg, and a final! corps of
Mortier’s armv ;in which the
latter took 4 puces ol can
non and 100 prisoners—lt
adds, that Berg, in S’lefia, had
lurrtndered ; that Poland rich
in grain aid provtfions, affords
a plentiful fupplv ; that War
law fuppiies 100,000 rations
daily; that no dtleafes ex iff -
ed in the army ; that no feveie
frofts had been experienced;
and that the Emperor wasdai
ly upon parade, reviewing his
troops, and particularly the
conferipts from France.
TONNINGKN, Jan. 17.
An es'afctte, has arrived at
Lubec, from Koningsberg, by
s a, with advice that that city
har! been illuminated, and le
Drum sung in all the churches, in
con 1 qnence of a decisive victo
ry having been obtained by the
Russians ever the French outlie
Narew. They tire reported *0
have lost up vards ol 90,000
men,
Ihe head-quarters of the
French, it is a.-serted, have been
removed from Warsaw to Posen.
HAMBURG. Jan. 20.
(Private Letter.J
Let trs have been received
here from Koningsberg, Warsaw
and Riga; all of which concur in
the statement of the Russians
having gained a decisive victory
over the French, since their late
defeats in Poland. It was con
fidently reported 011 ’Change
here yesterday, that Napoleon,
in consequence of this severe
check, had proposed an Armistice
to Russia and Prussia; one ot
the Riga fetters pat ticulat tv men
tions that many wounded French
Officers had arrived in that city,
as prisoners.
The Editor of a periodical
publication, printed in French,
at Ahona, also received a letter,
containing the furl details of the
defeat ol the French, and hav
ii g shewn .he sani; to the French
minister here, he insisted upon
its be;rg suj pressed as a false
hood. Field Marshal Kamins
koy, by a masterly mat; os lvre
with the. centre and lefc wing of
the Russian army, is s<>id to have
turned and stu rounded three
corps ol the t ench army, name
ly, ihuse ot Davou t, Ney, a.wl
■' l uft to nave knied upwards ol
40,ut'0, and tiiktu 20,000 prj.
toners,- among the latter is said
;o be Dtuousl lumsrlf; - ihe
French, m consrq rence, f„tl back
to Warsav, and had ihe Russians
j s, ten 2‘ le to pursue them, their
head-quarters would not have
continued in that city, but would
bv this time have been at fosen
the pursuit, lowever, was im
practicable, a neither army had
provisions left sufficient to ena
ble them to wait for fresh supplies,
j and as the whole country be
tween the Vistula, Bug and Na
rew, where their atnues have
been stationed, is an entire de
sert. All the letters, which
have reached this city from War
saw, Posen, Koningsberg, Sic.
are without date or signature, as
w hoever circulates false political
‘news, is punished with death, as
well as those who sneak or write
against the tyranny of the
Fienr h.
On the 4th inst. the students
of Jena having, on the authority
of letters from Prussia and Po
land, intimated in public places,
that :he French had been beaten,
the French Commandant imme
diately, put up the following pro
clamation.
“ Inhabitants of Jena ! False
repents are in circulation, it is
every where rumoured, with
confidence, that the French ar
my had been defeated on the
banks < f ihe Vistula; trust not
these rumors, ihe authors of
them are your enemies; I de
clare, that I shali order every
person convicted of circulating
ihcm to be arrested and deliver
ed over to a Mili ary Commis
sion, do you no* know that Napo
leon is there wt,h his Invinci
ble;?”
(Signed)
“ POCHOLLE.”
Batiks of the MAIN, Jan. 3.
The Prussian garrison of Col
berg harras.ses continually that
country as far as Stettin. On
the 12thDecember,a corps efthat
garrison fell in w;th a detach
ment which had left Stettin,and
made pi isoners a lieutenant and
25 men.
An Austrian gazette, in an
article dated Lemberg, Dec. 2.
states, that the French minister
had arrived there that day from
Jassy. On the 2 6th November
the Russians, to the number of
75,000 men, entered Moldavia.
Sixtctn thousand men commam*
tied by gen. Michelson, have ad- j
vanced to Jassy. i heir plan 1
appears to be to cross the Turk- j
tstt territory and to enter Dalma- j
tin, lor the purpose of carrying I
cm then operations in Italy.
AL ION A, Jan. 9.
1 hey write from Vienna, un
der date December 20, that M.
I'lontesquiou, Chamberlain to
his majesty the empetor Napo
leon, had arrived tneie as cou
rier, and that his mission was of
the greatest impottance.
Ihe Ruffians have occupi
ed Cohczim, Jalfy, Bender,
Buchareit, atui Wtdden; and
were approaching Dalmatia;
Palfwauoglow has become
a vi. Ha I of Rulfia; and letters
horn Buchareit lay, the Grand
Seignior has contented to re
ceive a Ruffian garrison in
Condantinople ! Kuffia ft ill
ptolclfes to refpeft the Inde
pendence of the Porte, and to
guarantee it, agreeably to trea
ty. What can all tkcle things
mean ?
CONSTANTINOPLE,
Dect mber 18.
A council of the Ministers was
held y esterday, and war was de
clared against Russia. Ihe U
-1c mas have pronounced it to be
just; the standard of the Pro
phet has been hoisted; all the
country is in motion; tin Pachas
ot Romelia have received orders
<o advance with their troops to
wards the Danube; another at
my advances from Asia, Jt wilt
loltovv the same direction; the
Grand Visier will take the com
maud, and inarch with the boR
s andard. M. Italinsky wa-. to
be sent to the Seven 1 owets; the
French Ambassador, far iruin
imitating the conduct of that mi
nister, was th first to advise the
Porte to send him back honora
bly. Ten sail of the line are e
quipping; the press ’'as taken
place, and has produced several
sailors The two English ships
are” still before Constantinople;
the British minister does not ap
pear to have had any instructi
ons on so unexpected a circum
stance- it is the insulting pro
clamation of gen. Michelson,
which has excited throughout the
Empire this general movement;
the Turks say that they would
rather die fighting scyntitar in
hand, under the banners of the
prophet, than submit to such out
rages.
The Patriarch, a venerable
man, whc> possesses the greatest
influence, and the princes Calii
mnehi and Suzzo, have made
known to the Greeks, by a pro
clamation, the incalculable mis
fortunes which will befall them
it they do net shut their ears to
the perfidious insinuations of
Russian agents, alternate vic
tims of the Russian arms, ol the
arms of the Tuiks, and perhaps
of any other power, the country
would be laid waste for a centu
ry; but the brave have not teas
ed to exist in Europe, and they’
will not suffer the vast empire,
which extends its confines to
China, to reign also upon the
Bosphorus. The Turks may
peihaps be beaten, but they will
eventually be conqueror*; they
will have lor them our powerful
ally; it is this on which we re
pose our confidence. He will
not permit that their enemies
should provoke them any longer
—that the people whom he has
already several times vanquished
should destroy the most ancient
and most necessary of his friends
Already’ his camp is upon the
Vistula; already the Russians,
which at e in sight of our troops,
sufficiently manifest the terror
which pervades them. Ourene
tnies will be confounded, and
our empire will come out of this
struggle, and re-estailish itself
upon its natural alliances.
LONDON, February 2.
By letters from Holland we
learn, that, on the 11th January
the man magnificent part of Ley
den was the scene of a terrific
explosion. A vessel, laden with
40,0U01b. weight of gunpowder,
from Amsterdam, destined for
Delft, and then lying in the Ra
penburgh canal there, bv some
means took fire and, instantane
ously blew up, destroying all the
houses in the vicinity of the canal
and occasioning the premature
death of some hundreds of the
inhabitants—Scarcely a single
house or building has escaped
without damage ; on the Raptn
butgh, where the deplorable c
vtnt Occurred the houses to a
large extent are levelled with the
gtound. At the awiul moment;
many families were sitting at din
ner with their friends, and thus
precipitated into eternity : fathers
mothers children, servants, all
were rapidly hurried into one pro
miscuous grave. Among the
tßad are several of the most re
spectable families in th* city, and
many strangers then on visits.
Property to a large amount has
been lost, and many of the ne
cessaries of life spoilt by the
showers of broken glass which
filled the shops and apartments.
Provisions, money, artificer*, r
very thing has since been sent
from the Hague and other cities,
to comfort an die lie vethew retch
ed sufferers. Close to the vessel
which blew up, lava vacht, on
board of which wetc from fifteen
to twenty persons, not a vestige
t f whom was to he found .The
caused this dreadful catastrophe
cannot be ascertained. Next day
u;c king, after having ordered the
guards and fire engines to follow
bun, repaired to Leyden, visited
the wounded and the maimed,
ascended the ruins mixed with
the labourers there and encourag
ed them to persevere in their
unwearied diligence. On receiv
rng uic thanks of the magistrates
and clergy, ho returned them the
most amicable anwct, ; .-v ,
ter Individual Inc,,
them wait thr.se \y, (l -,t £ , „ 1
dead I cannot resrorp
that is above humor. p„ v - ;,
all that I can, will f j,. c . 1 !|
cay. H.s Majesty | m
cred the magistrates of „
fortunate city to make a
collection throughout t|, e y
kingdom ; and ordered t ) ut
OOOguiluers, out of ihe
be left at the disposal of the y
nisterofthe Home lX‘pr, rttn !
lor relieving the most p.ev,
necessities of the poor, and tho
who have lost their all.
Fifty tons of gold,from H„
passer! through Hanover j
France, on the i<j;h of t |
month.
The pecuniary aid to he
by this country to the Emp c
Alexander, is expected to aitio
iv 6,000,0001.
Bonaparte has given orders!
the whole ol the regular troop*
be marched from evtry p ; t
France, and has issued a dect
for embodying and organic
the National Guard, ail m
France. Every male from it,
90, capable of bearing arms,
called ou to supply the place
the regulars ordered to PoLn
The conscripts for die year lj;
at e all Hi cross the Rhine Ixio
the end of March, and ate topi
ceed to the army in four tin
siona.
Paris Papers to the 20th at
Dutch to the 25th uit. have be
received. The former do not to
tain any thing of the leas, imp
lance „• the only articles ini
latter worth noticing arc the i
lowing :
[Prom the Mercury of r jan. 2
“ A Frankfot t paper, on t
authority of a letter from Viera
speaks of an obstinate Battle t
to have been fought in Pol;
on the 29th or JOdi Dccemb
but without mentioning the:
suit.
** The number of persons li
at Leyden has not yet been 1
ccrtained, nor can it be done*i
any precis ion till all rums fc
been removed, which is a vr
of time 8t immense labor, flu
bodies, most shockingly mangii
are dug up from time to tin
but the greatest part so disfigs
ed that they cannot be rccogni
ed. The King has in viced arc!
tects to deliver in plans for’
build : ng the city, a premium
1000 guilders being reserved i
the one which shall be appro
ed.
The dispatches received fro
Lord Hutchinson on Saiurila
were dated front Koning'bcrg,
the 23d Dec. of course they cOll
contain no intelligence respe £tll
the reported d* feat of ihe Fre&
nor could Mr. Buriel bring *
information on the subject;as
sailed from Danizic on the 2,
at which time no account “
reached that city even ot thep
ly skirmishes preparatory to 1
grand attack upon the Russia
In the course of Saturday ew
ing, the following note nastia
iated from the Government (J
fices;—
“ No official accounts of’
battle of the 2th December la
reached us from the Russian h®
quarters ; but, day afi “ a
something transpires Iron) ‘ ’
saw w Incti makes it a|>P L ‘ ar 1
the issue of it was in every
spect highly favorable 10 1
Russians. i . ,
“ Bonaparte attacked 111 *
colunts of which three “'ere >
seated. The grand operation
meditated, of forcing n> s ‘ va ?
the Russian magazine* ;:t
alyst.oc, completely failed.
“ Fite latest account* > r(
Warsaw stare, that only 0!U ' 0 1
I'l'encli columns succeeded 111
attack on the 26;ti, audit “j
hft depended upon, that
French army could not be a
farther attack on that day
parte is at Warsaw, audit*’l’
mised it s army an armistice* a
Winter quaiters. Disconte 1 ”
dis.-eiision prevailed auun'l
generals ”
It is said to be in the f -‘ L
platton of government tu K
troop's to the 180 da <* *